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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 12b-25
NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING
(Check One): [ ] Form 10-K [ ] Form 11-K [ ] Form 20-F [X] Form 10-Q
For Period Ended: June 30, 1999
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Read Instruction (on back page) Before Preparing Form. Please Print or Type.
Nothing in this Form Shall be construed to imply that the Commission has
verified any information contained herein.
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If the notification relates to a portion of the filing checked above,
identify the Item(s) to which the notification relates:
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Part I - Registrant Information
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Full Name of Registrant Castle Energy Corporation
Former Name if Applicable
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Address of Principal Executive Office (Street and Number)
One Radnor Corporate Center
100 Matsonford Road, Suite 250
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City, State and Zip Code
Radnor, PA 19087
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Part II - Rules 12b-25 (b) and (c)
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If the subject report could not be filed without unreasonable
effort or expense and the registrant seeks relief pursuant to
Rule 12b-25(b), the following should be completed. (Check box
if appropriate).
(a) The reasons described in reasonable detail in Part III
of this form could not be eliminated without
unreasonable effort or expense;
|X| (b) The subject annual report/portion thereof will be filed
on or before the fifteenth calendar day following the
prescribed due date; or the subject quarterly
report/portion thereof will be filed on or before the
fifth calendar day following the prescribed due date;
and
(c) The accountant's statement or other exhibit required by
Rule 12b-25(c) has been attached if applicable.
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Part III - Narrative
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State below in reasonable detail the reasons why the Form
10-K, 11-K, 20-F or 10-Q, or portion thereof, could not be
filed within the prescribed time period.
The Company recently acquired the oil and gas assets of AmBrit
Energy Corporation. Additional time is required to record that
acquisition. In addition, filing of Form 10-Q could not be
completed within the prescribed time because legal, audit and
other review is not expected to be completed until August 18th
and an additional day is needed to Edgarize.
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Part IV - Other Information
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(1) Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this
notification
Richard E. Staedtler 610 995-9400
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(NAME) (AREA CODE) (TELEPHONE NUMBER)
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(2) Have all other periodic reports required (under Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) during the preceding 12 months (or
for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such
reports) been filed? If answer is no, identify report(s).
|X| Yes |_| No
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(3) Is it anticipated that any significant change in results of operations
from the corresponding period for the last fiscal year will be reflected
by the earnings statements to be included in the subject report or
portion thereof? |X| Yes |_| No
If so, attach an explanation of the anticipated change, both narratively
and quantitatively, and, if appropriate, state the reasons why a
reasonable estimate of the results can not be made.
Net income for the nine month period will decrease $4,000,000 to
$5,000,000. The primary difference is attributable to different tax
provision rates.
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Castle Energy Corporation
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(NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.
DATE August 10, 1999 BY /s/ RICHARD E. STAEDTLER
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Chief Financial Officer
INSTRUCTION: The form may be signed by an executive officer of the registrant or
by any other duly authorized representative. The name and title of the person
signing the form shall be typed or printed beneath the signature. If the
statement is signed on behalf of the registrant by an authorized representative
(other than an executive officer), evidence of the representative's authority to
sign on behalf of the registrant shall be filed with the form.
ATTENTION
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Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal Criminal
Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. This Form is required by Rule 12b-25 (17 CFR 240.12b-25) of the General
Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
2. One signed original and four conformed copies of this Form and amendments
thereto must be completed and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549, in accordance with Rule 0-3 of the
General Rules and Regulations under the Act. The information contained in
or filed with the Form will be made a matter of public record in the
Commission files.
3. A manually signed copy of the form and amendments thereto shall be filed
with each national securities exchange on which any class of securities of
the registrant is registered.
4. Amendments to the notifications must also be filed on Form 12b-25 but need
not restate information that has been correctly furnished. The Form shall
be clearly identified as an amended notification.
